30 Days of Giving 2015: Geneseo Continues to Provide Hurricane Relief

During this January’s winter break, SUNY Geneseo and the college/community organization Livingston CARES is preparing for work trips to Biloxi/Gulfport, Miss., and Brooklyn, N.Y., areas to continue repairing damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

It will be the organization’s 35^th work trip to the Gulf Coast since Katrina ravaged that area in 2005. Groups of students, faculty and community members also have done cleanup of damage caused by Hurricane Sandy on Long Island and Staten Island during past winter and spring breaks.

“It’s easy for people to forget about the long-term damage these horrendous storms have caused, but a great number of people still need help and will continue to need it for a long time,” said Tom Matthews, associate dean of leadership and service at Geneseo. “Students and community members are eager to participate in this work and it’s a tremendous example of service-learning, an important component of a liberal arts education.”

Livingston CARES is a non-profit group of Geneseo students, faculty and community members dedicated to local and global humanitarian projects. The college organized the group through the Center for Community, which emphasizes the vital link between service and leadership.

2015 30 Days of Giving

• Day 1: Binghamton University hosts Welcome Week Service Project
• Day 2: Brockport hosts a Saturday of Service
• Day 3: Niagara CCC Penny Wars for St Jude’s Children Research Hospital
• Day 4: Farmingdale Little Flower Event
• Day 5: Onondaga CC works to help K.I.D.S.
• Day 6: Tompkins Cortland Participates in Cancer Resource Charity Walk
• Day 7: SUNY ESF Contributes to the Food Recovery Network
• Day 8: Literacy Matters at FMCC
• Day 9: HVCC Builds Walls for Habitat for Humanity
• Day 10: Oswego’s Positive Community Impact Through SEFA
• Day 11: Dutchess CC Organizes Clothing and Food Drives
• Day 12: Morrisville Holds Back To School Drive
• Day 13: Charity on Ice at SUNY Cortland
• Day 14: Delhi’s Out of the Darkness Event for Suicide Prevention
• Day 15: Dare to Care Day at Buffalo State
• Day 16: FIT Students Engineer Garments for Veterans with Disabilities
• Day 17: SUNY Ulster Sends Text Books to Kenya
• Day 18: Niagara CCC Tackles Breast Cancer Awareness
• Day 19: Herkimer CCC Supports Gram Lorraine Children’s Christmas Program
• Day 20: Jefferson CC Gives Gift of Comfort
• Day 21: SUNY Canton Giving Tree
• Day 22: Alfred State participates in ELK Charity Challenge
• Day 23: Old Westbury goes Shopping for Service
• Day 24: SUNY Oneonta Giving Tree
• Day 25: Purchase College provides free ESOL classes
• Day 26: Tree Trot at Fredonia supports Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Day 27: Geneseo Continues to Provide Hurricane Relief
• Day 28: Rockland CC luncheon raises funds for Alzheimer’s Foundation
• Day 29: Stony Brook Bike-A-Thon For Disabilities
• Day 30: Suffolk County CC volunteers at Special Olympics event

Written by Taras Kufel

Taras Kufel is the Manager of Digital Engagement at the State University of New York.